US 12,095,069 B2
Power net apparatus of the fuel cell and control method thereof
Yong Hwi Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Young Woo Noh, Guri-si (KR); Chung Wook Roh, Seoul (KR); Hee Seong Jeong, Namyangju-si (KR); Dong Woo Kwon, Incheon (KR); Gun Woo Park, Pyeongtaek-si (KR); and Kang Hyun Woo, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/053,272.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0086500 (KR), filed on Jul. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0021923 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H01M 16/00 (2006.01); B60L 7/10 (2006.01); B60L 50/40 (2019.01); B60L 50/70 (2019.01); H02P 27/06 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 16/003 (2013.01) [B60L 7/10 (2013.01); B60L 50/40 (2019.02); B60L 50/70 (2019.02); H02P 27/06 (2013.01); B60L 2210/12 (2013.01); B60L 2210/14 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01); H01M 2250/402 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power apparatus comprising:
a fuel cell configured to supply power to an inverter of a vehicle;
a supercapacitor configured to assist the fuel cell;
a bidirectional converter configured to charge and discharge the fuel cell and the supercapacitor; and
a controller configured to drive the vehicle by controlling the supercapacitor to be charged and discharged depending on a current required by the inverter for driving the vehicle and to assist the fuel cell,
wherein the fuel cell and the supercapacitor are connected in series, and
wherein the fuel cell and the supercapacitor, connected in series, are connected in parallel with the bidirectional converter.